Rubbing-post.



W. HUDSON.

RUBBING POST.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 20, 1911.

Patented Dec. 10, 1912.

ATIN are,

WAYNE HUDSON, F HEMPLE, MISSOURI.

RUBBINGQOST.

Specification a Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 10,112,

Applicatian filed November 20, 1911. Serial so; 661,814;

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WAYNE HUDSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hemple, in the county of Clinton and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rubbing-Posts; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to'makeand use the same.

This invention relates to. new and useful improvements in rubbing posts, and is designed to provide a means whereby a liquid 1 insecticide may be so presented that the same will be received upon the bodies of live stock coming into contact with the said post. rubbing posts of this nature, it has been customary to construct a post in such a man ner that the liquid insecticide will saturate through said post and accumulate upon the rubbing surface,

. It is the object of the present invention to:

provide a post which will constantly feed the liquid insecticide indirect proportion to the amount needed by the animal, to wit: a constant flow of insecticide is fed to the rubbing surface. v It is the further object of the present invention to provide a means whereby the rubbing surface may be of suchconstruction that the same will not damage the skin or cuticle of the animal operating against the post, and at the same time will thoroughly rub the liquid insecticide upon the. said animal.

With the above and other objects in view, this invention consists in the construction,

combination and arrangement of parts, all

as hereinafter .more fully described, clalimed and illustrated in the accompanying draw: ings, wherein:

l ig'ure 1 isafelevation of a l'llbblll, post constructed in accordance with the pesent invention; Fig. 2 is a central, vertical section thereof; and Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken along line 38 of Fig. 1.

' The rubbing post forming the subject matter of the present invention comprises a rectangular base which is adapted to be received tin the ground and is provided with a circular, hollow or tubular extension, which is-provided with a circumferential QB lQIlECSfil Qll ilt the. upper terminal Heretofore, in the construction of thereof, adapted to receive a cap. This tubular extension is adapted. to receive a liquid insecticide, said insecticide to be fed to the exterior of the post by the flexible, fibrous wick or rope which extends from the interior of said tubular extension through an opening adjacent ,to the upper terminal there0f, and is wound about the exterior of said extension. It is to be understood that the insecticide saturating the terminal of the rope or fibrous material therein radually extends throughout the entire ength thereof, presenting a somewhat soft rubbin surface, which is constantly kept saturated with the insecticide.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 10 indicates a square or rectangular base which is provided at its upper terminal extension has formed on the outer surface thereof, adjacent to the upper terminal, a groove or depression 12, which is ada ted to receive a cap 13, which is provided with a projection let adapted to be received in said groove or projection 12. The body of the extension is adapted to be filled with the liquid insecticide, as illustrated in Fig. 2.

' In order to provide arubbing surface, and at the same time to constantly feed the insecticide' from the interior of the tubular extension 11 to the rubbing surface, and at the same time eliminating the necessity of the insecticide from passing through the body of the tubular extension, a melt 15, constructed of rope or other fibrous material, is inserted in said tubular extension and passes through the opening 16 adjacent to about the post, as is illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, forming a rubbing surface 17 From the foregoing it will readily be understood that the insecticide contained within the tubular extension 11 will gradually saturate the flexible fibrous member 15, and passes along the same to the rubbing surface saturated with said-insecticide. It will further be seen that by having a rubbing surface of a flexible, fibrous materiahit' will be impossible for the same to im art damage to the skin or hide of the 'anima what I claim as newfl'and desire to secure by U. S. Letters Patent, isz; l A- rubbing post consisting of an integral with a tubular extension 11. 'This tubular the upper terminal thereof, and is wound:

.surface 17, constantly keeping said rubbing Having thus fully described my invention,

structureof nonporous material comprising nal agent by capillary attraction into the 10 a solid basal part adapted to be planted in meshes of said WlCk externally of the post.

the ground, and a tubular upper part for In testimony whereof I afiix my signature containing a medicinal agent provided wlthin presence of two witnesses.

a radial aperture near the upper extremity thereof, a wick within said tubular part WAYNE HUDSON' passing through said aperture and wound Witnesses: about said tubular member in a downwar y BRUCE GoRAUsoN,

extending helical coil to convey said medi i- L. F. HENRY. 

